PlayStation not impressed with Microsoft’s Call of Duty exclusivity plans

destructoid.com:

It’s no controversial statement to say that Activision’s shooter franchise Call of Duty is something of a golden goose within the gaming industry, having raked in billions of dollars worth of revenue over the course of the past two decades — As such, the military shooter franchise currently finds itself at the center of an increasingly bitter feud between Sony PlayStation and Xbox over the brand’s uncertain future.

While Microsoft’s purchase of Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard is yet to be approved and completed, PlayStation is already getting antsy about whether the cash cow is getting set to become an Xbox exclusive. Despite Xbox boss Phil Spencer previously stating that PlayStation fans can expect to play Call of Duty titles “for many years” post buyout even going as far as to sign a contract guaranteeing Sony as such, PlayStation’s Jim Ryan has now publicly called the terms of the agreement “inadequate on many levels”.

“Microsoft has only offered for Call of Duty to remain on PlayStation for three years after the current agreement between Activision and Sony ends,” reveals Ryan in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz. “After almost 20 years of Call of Duty on PlayStation, [The Microsoft] proposal was inadequate on many levels and failed to take account of the impact on our gamers. We want to guarantee PlayStation gamers continue to have the highest quality Call of Duty experience, and Microsoft’s proposal undermines this principle.”

While Phil Spencer is yet to respond to these comments, he has previously noted that he believes the terms of the PlayStation/Xbox Call of Duty contract represent “an offer that goes well beyond typical gaming industry agreements.”

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